Fontaine also was not happy to learn that the description inside the game incorrectly says that the fire killed 200 people, double the actual number killed.

"At least have your facts straight," she said.

An email to game developer Niantic was not immediately returned.

The Feb. 20, 2003, fire was started when pyrotechnics for the band Great White set fire to flammable foam placed as soundproofing inside The Station nightclub. Many clubgoers were trapped and killed. More than 200 people were injured.

Work crews at the site have had to take steps to avoid disturbing human remains that were left behind in the rubble.

It's not clear whether the stop has caused problems, and whether anyone has asked to remove it. The head of the foundation working to build the memorial did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Pokestops have been removed from the atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, Japan, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and other sites.

The nightclub site sits on a busy road on a commercial strip in West Warwick. The stop can be accessed from outside the fence that currently surrounds it. The memorial park is on track to open to the public in October.

Not everyone with a connection to the fire is upset. Dave Kane, whose 18-year-old son, Nicholas O'Neill, was the youngest victim, said the Pokestop could help spread the word about what happened.

"If it draws people over there when we open, that would be great," he said.